Just about a year ago, Whitewater’s former police chief authorized a raid on a drinking party; this year, almost to the day, the city’s new police chief did the same. Scores were cited a year ago; scores were cited this year. Needless to say, last year’s raid did nothing to stop the underage drinking in…
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Business, City, Economy, Government Spending
The Housing Market and Public Budgets
by JOHN ADAMS •
There’s a story in the Washington Post about Pres. Obama’s latest initiative to help underwater homeowners (Government announces new program to help ‘underwater’ homeowners), following an earlier story — anticipating today’s announcement — about failed, past efforts (Obama’s efforts to aid homeowners, boost housing market fall far short of goals). The former story pours cold…
City, Government Spending, Planning, Wisconsin
Whitewater’s Municipal Administration Reports that North Street Will Be Closed Through Winter
by JOHN ADAMS •
Of course it will be; if it takes years to install an adequate traffic signal near campus, one could not expect quick headway on the North Street Bridge. They’ll resume in the spring. The delay itself is not the biggest problem here. Note, instead, how odd is the delay when considered after reading the Walker…
City, New Media, Press
Lots of links and embedding? I’m not a bit surprised.
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’ve read that Whitewater’s switch to Vimeo for posting videos affords the city more information about how many times a video is viewed, and whether viewers linked, embedded, or downloaded the program. Some of the Whitewater videos recently uploaded have been viewed, linked, embedded, or downloaded many times. (I’ve posted a few videos to YouTube,…
City
Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters October 2011 Newsletter
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Whitewater-Area League of Women Voters’ October 2011 Newsletter is out, with articles and a calendar of upcoming LWV events. The latest copy of the LWV newsletter is available as a link on my blogroll, and is embedded below, with coding through Google. Upcoming events: Date: November 1st (Tuesday) Event: LWV on-campus program “Impact of…
City, Development, Planning
The Tragedy of Urban Renewal
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are few worse tragedies than ones that come about by our own hands. New York City has seen more than her share of tragedies, of all sorts, and so-called urban renewal has been one of them. These experiments are mostly over for major cities, but the impulse behind them still persists, plaguing others as…
Business, City
Tenure as Curse and Code
by JOHN ADAMS •
Generally, a long tenure in a job or office is a bad thing – too much time in one place, without enough exposure to other people and practices. It’s a stagnant pool, as against the more vigorous environs of rushing waters. Most people see this, and understand this, easily. They move willingly from one position…